Amplify.net Partners with 5 DSLAM & Wireless Vendors; Showcasing Traffic Shaping & Subscriber QoS Management at SUPERCOMM 2000.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUPERCOMM 2000 FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 31, 2000 Amplify.net (http://www.amplifynet.com), a Silicon Valley startup specializing in end-to-end broadband service See broadband and broadband service provider. management solutions, today announced technology partnerships with five (5) developers of broadband wireless equipment and DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. (Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and Access Multiplexor) vendors: Elastic Networks Inc., Interspeed, Inc., Harris Corporation, WaveRider Communications Inc. and Wi-LAN Inc. Amplify will be demonstrating its patented IP traffic shaping, auto provisioning and service level quality enforcement functionalities at its partners' exhibit booths during the upcoming SUPERCOMM 2000 on June 6-8 in Atlanta, Georgia. "Broadband access is the hottest topic of discussions in the market today. Since the latter part of 1999, there has been a soaring demand for high speed Internet services everywhere in the world. As subscribers increase at explosive rates, the challenge for broadband service providers is no longer simply having bigger pipes, but to have management tools that enable the registration and provisioning of new users and new services automatically, and at the same time guarantee the delivery of individual subscribed service levels, dynamically and reliably," said Didier Cop, Amplify's Vice President of Marketing. "Amplify's end-to-end service management solutions are designed specifically to address these critical issues that are collectively referred to as the 'last mile' bottleneck. Without an adequate solution, the promise of rapid proliferation of broadband applications deployment could not be easily realized." Amplify's patented bandwidth management and TrafficShaping(TM) technologies, the core of iProvidence(TM), the company's multiservice, multi-transport media software architectural platform, have been endorsed and adopted by an increasing number of technology partners since its introduction in 1999. In December 1999, Amplify announced a strategic partnership with 3Com Corporation. 3Com has added Amplify's bandwidth management and TrafficShaping technologies to its Total Control(R) cable modem termination system A cable modem termination system or CMTS is equipment typically found in a cable company's headend, or at cable company hubsite and is used to provide high speed data services, such as cable internet or Voice over IP, to cable subscribers. (CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. ). "We are pleased that our solutions are gaining rapid endorsements by an increasing number of cable, wireless and DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary vendors as evidenced by our latest partnerships with these 5 partners," said Cop. Amplify will be demonstrating its technologies at the following booths during SUPERCOMM 2000: -0-
-- Elastic Networks (@ its Speed-up America RV parked by
the Omni Hotel Conference Center off
Marietta Street)
-- Harris Corporation (No. 2315)
-- Interspeed, Inc. (No. 8407)
-- WaveRider Communication (No. 7085)
-- Wi-LAN Inc. (No. 6967)
About Amplify.net, Inc. Amplify.net develops and markets broadband service management solutions that provide multiservice subscriber management, provisioning, guaranteed class of service, traffic shaping, data warehousing, capacity management and usage billing for service providers and network equipment suppliers. In March 2000, Amplify.net announced the closing of $12.6 million equity funding Equity funding An investment consisting of a life insurance policy and a mutual fund. The insurance policy is paid by the collateral value of fund shares, giving the investor the advantages of insurance protection with the growth potential of a mutual fund. from a prestigious group of strategic and institutional investors in Asia. On December 1, 1999 the Company successfully closed a round of $6.1 million in equity funding from three (3) corporate investors, including 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS COMS 3Com Corporation (stock symbol) COMS Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist COMS Continuous Opacity Monitoring Systems COMS City of Manchester Stadium (UK) ), Wi-LAN Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). :WIN), and Kingston Technology Corporation. Headquartered in Fremont, California, amplify.net, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For more information, please visit Amplify.net's Website at http: //www.amplifynet.com/. |
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